Plane



J. CAISSE Filed Dec. 26. 1924 Inventor Patented Nov. 10, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH. CAISSE, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

PLANE.

Application filed December 26, 1924. ,Serial No. 758,290.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH CAIssE, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planes; and I do hereby dcclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention pertains to a novel carpenters plane and various attachments thereto.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a plane having attachments for varying the working length of the plane iron.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following description and in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the device.

Reference to this view will now be made by means of like characters which are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout.

The plane comprises a body 1 which may be formed of wood or metal and is of U- shape in cross section. Between the ends of the body is provided an inclined'bed 2 having a foot 3 secured to the bottom 4: of the body by means of screws 5. The bottom 4 tapers or diminishes in thickness from the forward to the rear end. Slightly in ad- Vance of the bed, a slot 6 is cut through the bottom 4: for a purpose which will presently appear. a

The body fits into a metallic'or wooden stock 7 also of U-shaped cross section comprising a sole 7 and lateral sides 8. The sides support a transverse pin 9 which in turn serves to support a clamp plate 10 having a transverse curved ridge 11 resting on the pin. A screw 12 is passed through the plate 10 and is adapted to bear against the plane iron 13 inserted between the bed 2 and the plate. The cutting edge 14 of the iron passes through the slot 6 together with the lower edge of the plate 10. The plate 1O rests in a pivotal manner on the pin 9, and upon actuation of the screw the iron 13 is tightly secured in place due to the fact that its cutting edge is engaged by the lower edge of the plate while its intermediate part is tightened by the screw 12 against the bed 2.

The sole 7 is formed with a transverse mouth 15 coinciding with the slot 6 and having a lip or flange 16 extending into the latter. To the rear or thin end of the body 1 is secured a handle 17 by means of a bolt 18, the bottom of the handle, however, over lapping the bottom of the body. The sole 7 also extends beyond the bottom of the body, and a pin 19 is passed vertically through the handle and into the projecting part of the sole.

The bottom of the body 1 is further formed with a collar 20 at its forward end. In this collar is received a loose knob 21 held in position by means of a pin 22 passed therethrough and into the forward part of the sole. The pin is surrounded by a screw 23 in screwthread engagement with the bottom of the body and secured into the knob by short pins 24. As the knob is turned one way or the other, the bottoms of the body and stock are either brought together or separated, whereby the projection of the plane iron through the slot 6 and mouth 15 is regulated.

While a specific embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described, it is to be understood that various alterations in the details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as indicated by the appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is 1. A plane comprising a body, means for securing a plane iron to said body, a sole disposed beneath said body, a pivotal connection between the body and the sole at one end thereof, a knob secured to said body at the opposite end, a hollow screw secured in said knob and threaded through the bor tom of the body, and a pin extending from said sole through said screw and into said knob, whereby rotation of the knob varies the distance between the bottom of the sole and the plane iron securing means.

2. A plane comprising a body, means for securing a plane iron to said body, a sole disposed beneath said body, a pivotal connection between the body and the sole at one end thereof, the bottom of said body being;

i; tapered towards said end, a-knob secured to said body at the opposite end, a hollow screw secured in said knob and threaded through the bottorn-o-f the body,- andl-a pinextending from said sole through said screw and into said knob, whereby rotation of the 10 knob varies the distance between the bottom of the sole and the plane iron securing means.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOSEPH GAISSE. 

